3. Taxi Driver (1976) De Niro took on the role of Travis Bickle, a mentally unstable Vietnam war veteran who works as a nighttime taxi
driver in New York City in 1976's Taxi Driver. The role earned him an Oscar nomination for Best Actor.
4. Robert De Niro poses for a portrait in 1973, the year his breakthrough movie, "Mean Streets," was released.
5. De Niro has worked frequently with director Martin Scorsese, left. Here, Scorsese, De Niro and Jodie Foster present "Taxi Driver" at
Cannes in 1976. The film won the top prize, the Palme d'Or, at the festival.
6. De Niro performs a scene in "The Godfather Part II" in 1974 in New York. The actor won his first Oscar, for best supporting actor, for
his performance as the young Vito Corleone.
7. Robert De Niro -- now 70 years old! -- has been an indelible presence on the big screen for more than 40 years. In 1976's "Taxi
Driver," De Niro plays troubled veteran Travis Bickle, who takes a job as a late-night cabbie and hates what he sees.
8. De Niro was married to Diahnne Abbott from 1976 to 1988. The couple have two children, Drena and Raphael.
9. De Niro plays a soldier in 1978's "The Deer Hunter." The film won the Oscar for best picture.
10. His performance in "Raging Bull" won De Niro best actor at the Academy Awards.
11. De Niro and model Toukie Smith were long-term romantic partners. The union produced two children.
12. In 1990's "Goodfellas," another collaboration with Scorsese, De Niro plays Jimmy Conway, a New York gangster. The film also stars Joe Pesci, left, and Ray
Liotta, center.
13. De Niro and Scorsese remade the chilling "Cape Fear" in 1991. De Niro plays Max Cady, who stalks a family after being
released from prison.
14. Scorsese, left, and De Niro have a laugh at a news conference to promote the 1995 movie "Casino." The film marked their eighth
collaboration.
15. In "Casino," De Niro plays a Mafia-controlled executive who finds trouble while managing a Las Vegas gaming palace.
16. De Niro has showed his lighter side on occasion. In 2000 he appeared on "Saturday Night Live's" "Weekend Update" segment with
Jimmy Fallon.
18. President Bill Clinton and De Niro goof around at a fundraiser on Hillary Clinton's birthday at New York's Roseland Ballroom in 2000.
19. De Niro, a born-and-bred New Yorker, appears with Leonardo DiCaprio at "The Concert for New York City" after the 9/11 attacks in
2001.
20. Billy Crystal, left, dressed as a turkey, sits on a bench with De Niro, dressed as a pilgrim, during the filming of a Thanksgiving-
themed "I Love New York" commercial in 2001.
21. De Niro played a depressed gangster in two comedies with Crystal, 1999's "Analyze This" and 2002's "Analyze That."
22. In 2003, De Niro received the American Film Institute's 31st lifetime achievement award.
23. De Niro plays a straight-arrow ex-CIA officer in the "Meet the Parents" films. Here, he has a scene with Dustin Hoffman in 2004's
"Meet the Fockers."
24. De Niro received his latest Oscar nomination for his performance in 2012's "Silver Linings Playbook," in which he plays the
obsessive-compulsive father of Bradley Cooper, right.
25. De Niro has been nominated for Oscars seven times and won twice. He earned a best supporting actor nod for "Silver Linings
Playbook."
26. De Niro and wife Grace Hightower attend the 2013 Actors Fund's Annual Gala Honoring Robert De Niro at The New York Marriott
Marquis on in April 2013.
27. The Deer Hunter (1978) In 1978's The Deer Hunter, De Niro plays a character scarred by his experiences during the Vietnam War:
at a prison camp, Vronsky was forced to play Russian roulette against his two friends.
28. Raging Bull (1980) This Martin Scorsese classic highlighted the actor's intensity and versatility as LaMotta, a middleweight boxer
with violent, self-destructive impulses.
31. The Untouchables (1987) De Niro shaved his hairline and put on weight to play the legendary gangster Al Capone in 1987's The
Untouchables.
32. Once Upon a Time in America (1984) This Sergio Leone classic tells the story of David 'Noodles' Aaronson, a 1930s Jewish
gangster forced to confront demons from his past.
33. Casino (1995) In the eighth collaboration between Scorsese and De Niro, the actor depicts the rise and fall of real-life casino boss
Same 'Ace' Rothstein.
34. Meet the Parents (2000), Meet the Fockers (2004), Little Fockers (2010) De Niro broke his mob role streak and surprised fans
when he played an absurdly stern father-in-law in the Ben Stiller comedy Meet the Parents. He followed up with two sequels,
Meet the Fockers and Little Fockers.
35. Robert De Niro on the Set of Raging Bull
Photographer Brian Hamill. The following photographs were taken in New
York in 1979.
36. De Niro, as LaMotta, screams aggressively, accusing his brother of sleeping with his wife.
37. De Niro reacts to the way his steak is cooked, with Lori Anne Flax as La Motta’s first wife, Irma.
38. Slate photo, shot in the Bronx, with Joe Pesci, who plays LaMotta's bother Joey, in the background.
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